Abu Dhabi has spent billions of dollars to attract big names like Guggenheim and the Louvre but its grandest cultural gem lies just on the outskirts of the city: SheikhZayedGrandMosque.
Continue on to the Corniche to stroll with locals as the sun sets, and wander over to watch the last rays catch the imposing SheikhZayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque, probably Abu Dhabi's most important landmark, known as the "Grand Mosque" to locals, and whose lavish buildings materials hark from as far afield as Greece, Italy, Morocco and Germany.